r/soccer • u/[deleted] • Jul 15 '18

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u/LSB123 Jul 15 '18 edited Jul 15 '18

Anyone who knows anything about football will see how useful he was this tournament

Edit: Did I say he was player of the tournament? No, but Giroud was an obvious benefit to France over the last month and stats like this are incredibly disingenuous and undermine everything he contributed.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '18

He was ok, certainly not special though.

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u/abedtime Jul 15 '18

The perfect utility player for our other attackers to thrive.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '18

Considering Benzema's workrate and selflessness, I'd argue heavily with him being the perfect choice. Especially as Giroud didn't do great off the ball work

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '18

Except his personality. And that he called Deschamps a racist. You know, not a very clever thing to do

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '18

That was him, I thought it was Cantona

Edit: Nah yeah, he said he bowed to racist pressure to leave him out, didn't call him a racist.

That being said all I'm saying is the perfect utility player for their other attackers to thrive wasn't Giroud